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EU DSA Article 24 - Transparency reporting obligations for providers of online platforms

Publish semi-annual transparency reports covering content moderation, complaints, disputes, and monthly active user counts in the EU

HIGHRecord-keeping dutyTransparencyBinding regulationIn forceApplies from 17 February 2024

Where this comes from

Provision: Article 24 - Transparency reporting obligations for providers of online platforms

Instrument: EU Digital Services Act (Regulation 2022/2065)

Citation: Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Articles 15 and 24

Text version: Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 (DSA), OJ L 277, 27.10.2022

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Who it applies to

It applies when all of these are true:

  • Service is an online platform
  • Service has users in the European Union
  • Service allows user-generated content

What engineering work it implies

Sample acceptance criteria Landfall generates for this obligation:

  • Each moderation decision logs reviewer (or classifier), reason, category, and timestamp
  • Appeal outcomes are linked to the original decision in the audit trail
  • Decision logs are retained and queryable for transparency reporting
  • Flagging a piece of content creates a moderation record and queue entry
  • A removal decision hides the content from all other users immediately

Questions people ask

Does EU DSA Article 24 - Transparency reporting obligations for providers of onlin… apply to my service?
It applies when Service is an online platform; Service has users in the European Union; Service allows user-generated content.
From when does this apply?
EU DSA Article 24 - Transparency reporting obligations for providers of onlin… applies from 17 February 2024. Its current status is: in force.

Find out whether this one lands on you

Landfall's pre-scan answers the applicability question above for your product in minutes, then turns every obligation that applies into traceable engineering tickets with a citation chain your auditors can follow.

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